National Party wants greater access to medicinal cannabis

Published: March 9, 2021, 5:47 p.m.

National Party co-leader and health spokesperson Shane Reti is seeking expanded access to medicinal cannabis and the licensing of "high quality" domestic production. It comes as cannabis has again emerged as a topic of contention in Parliament after a poll found just over 69 percent of people support the decriminalising of the drug. Dr Reti spoke to Corin Dann.